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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2650]
(Peru)
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Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona
(Colombia)
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Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black) [manu_0684]
(Peru)
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Stick insect at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) in flight
(Peru)
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Turquoise and orange leafhopper [manu_0697]
(Peru)
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Close-up wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
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Lizard on a tree trunk
(Colombia)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2736]
(Peru)
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Glowing raspberry-colored dragonfly
(Panama)
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Tachigali stem cut to reveal ant passages.
(Peru)
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Long-tailed macaques rummaging through trash on a beach
(Indonesia)
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Tree boa (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Kinkajou (Potos flavus), sometimes known as the cat-monkey
(Belize)
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Highland Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis)
(Peru)
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Sweat bee nest
(Peru)
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Camouflaged insect [manu_0576]
(Peru)
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Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae
(Belize)
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Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
(Peru)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru
(Peru)
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Red clear-wing butterfly (Nymphalidae: Acraea lia)
(Madagascar)
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Female Calumma crypticum (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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American crocodile [belize_7380]
(Belize)
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Nocturnal stick insect
(Madagascar)
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Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red millipede on log
(Madagascar)
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Guide Oscar handling fruit dislodged by feeding macaws
(Peru)
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Agalychnis spurrelli tree frog sleeping on a buttress root
(Panama)
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Phelsuma Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Spider monkey hanging with its prehensile tail
(Belize)
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Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log
(Peru)
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Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) posturing
(Panama)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) [co06-1367]
(Colombia)
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Monkeys on a beach
(Indonesia)
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Yellow-handed Titi Monkey [co04-1085]
(Colombia)
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Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
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Pair of rhinoceros beetles
(Peru)
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rehabilitation at Sepilok
(Malaysia)
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Mountain Paca (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Black and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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Light green katydid
(Colombia)
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Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight
(Peru)
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Green anole in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0098]
(Belize)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight
(Peru)
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Parrots (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Moth that has been invaded by a parasitic fungus
(Colombia)
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Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Macaw clay lick from a distance
(Peru)
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Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
(Peru)
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Butterfly [belize_8327]
(Belize)
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Dendrpsophus cf microcephala frog [co04-0936a]
(Colombia)
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Red form of Dendrobates pumilio
(Panama)
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Red frog (Dendrobates pumilio)
(Panama)
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Brown spider on its web
(Colombia)
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Ants
(Peru)
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Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf
(Colombia)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
(Belize)
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Cane toad
(Peru)
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Blue morpho with wings closed
(Peru)
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Anole lizard (Anolis sp.) in Peru
(Peru)
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Gray frog (Dendropsophus sp) changing from tadpole to adult form (postmetamorphic)
(Colombia)
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Brown anole lizard in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Bufo typhonius alatus in Soberania National Park
(Panama)
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Capybara totally covered in mud on bank of the Rio Tambopata
(Peru)
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Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
(Belize)
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Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Acrobatic woolly monkey
(Colombia)
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Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green iguana in the forest canopy
(Belize)
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Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
(Panama)
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Moth [moth0130]
(Madagascar)
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Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)
(Peru)
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Plethodontohyla notosticta frog on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4125]
(Peru)
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Cnemidophorus deppei lizard in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)
(Madagascar)
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Panama's Red frog (Dendrobates pumilio)
(Panama)
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White-fronted brown lemur (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Dung beetle
(Peru)
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Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]
(Peru)
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Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
(Peru)
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Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall
(Peru)
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Parrot
(Peru)
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Frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leaf-cutter ant nest
(Peru)
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Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Heliconia
(Belize)
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Deer in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota
(United States)
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leafhopper nymph
(Peru)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4179]
(Peru)
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Orange and rust-colored centipede
(Belize)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown cricket
(Colombia)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper [manu_0530]
(Peru)
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Butterflies mating [pan02-2049]
(Panama)
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Black Tiger Beetle, family Carabidae, subfamily Cicindelinae, with orange parasites
(Colombia)
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Ant nest made of leaves
(Peru)
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Anole lizard
(Peru)
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Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach
(Colombia)
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Golden-mantled tamarins (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) reaching for a tree branch
(Panama)
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Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4450]
(Peru)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8764]
(Belize)
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Green and orange flat-footed bug
(Peru)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2815a]
(Peru)
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Toad formerly known as Bufo typhonius, probably Bufo cf. margaritifer. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Manu Cloud Forest Lodge
(Peru)
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Rainforest leaf frog, possibly Leptodactylus pentadactylus
(Colombia)
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Orange-headed lizard [pan02-1928]
(Panama)
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Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)
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Newly hatched caterpillars [pan02-2041]
(Panama)
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Mantella betsileo frog [Mantella%20betsileo0195]
(Madagascar)
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Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand
(Madagascar)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_7292A]
(Belize)
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Stick insect in Masoala NP
(Madagascar)
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Furcifer pardalis (panther chameleon) outside Maroantsetra (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Blue morpho with wings closed
(Colombia)
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Dusky-headed parakeets (Aratinga weddellii)
(Peru)
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Mantidactylus pulcher
(Madagascar)
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Green parrot [co07-0506]
(Colombia)
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Stork or Ibis
(Belize)
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Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus)
(Indonesia)
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Macaws in flight
(Peru)
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Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red rearparts
(Colombia)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0014]
(Madagascar)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2166]
(Peru)
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Macaw in flight
(Peru)
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Ectatomma tuberculatum stick insect with orange feet on an Inga legume plant
(Colombia)
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Parrot [br_co-9999]
(Colombia)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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American Bison (Bison bison)
(Colombia)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
(Peru)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Snake anti-venom
(Colombia)
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A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2817a]
(Peru)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0008]
(Madagascar)
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Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts
(Colombia)
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Anhinga in Oxbow lake
(Peru)
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Orange translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0955]
(Peru)
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Tiny spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon [manu-Manu_1022_2247a]
(Peru)
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Small bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Yellow-handed titi at an Amazon rehabilitation center
(Colombia)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4128]
(Peru)
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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Furcifer pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra (close head shot)
(Madagascar)
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Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Rocket frog (Colostethus flotator) among leaf litter
(Panama)
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Calumma Parsoniia (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0027a]
(Madagascar)
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Male Black Howler Monkey howling
(Belize)
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Rainforest canopy trees
(Peru)
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
(Peru)
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Parrot [br_co-9994]
(Colombia)
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Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4177]
(Peru)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8541]
(Belize)
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Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower
(Peru)
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Lizard in the Gymnoptalmidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Common woolly monkey
(Colombia)
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Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth)
(Belize)
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Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)
(Peru)
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Cat-eyed frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti)
(Peru)
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Anole lizard on vine
(Peru)
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Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) being handled by researcher [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4606a]
(Peru)
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Mottled gray and black grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Large black caiman in an oxbow lake
(Colombia)
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Fly
(Peru)
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White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Mantidactylus asper leaf frog on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Orange butterfly [pan02-2045]
(Panama)
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Blue butterfly
(Panama)
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Silhouette of a hornbill (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Fer-de-lance
(Belize)
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Large snail in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana)
(Peru)
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White fly
(Panama)
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Monarch butterfly; Danaus plexippus; chrysalis at the Bocas Butterfly Garden
(Panama)
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Anilius scytale coral snake
(Colombia)
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Scarlet macaw in the Amazon [manu_1003]
(Peru)
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Butterflies mating [pan02-2031]
(Panama)
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Phelsuma day gecko in Morondava (Morondava)
(Madagascar)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower [br_co-0047]
(Colombia)
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Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) [manu_0479]
(Peru)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
(Peru)
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Juvenile red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Egret (unidentified) flying over the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Phelsuma gecko near Maroantsetra
(Madagascar)
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Unknown frog on the Masoala peninsula
(Madagascar)
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Reeds along oxbow lake in the Amazon
(Peru)
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Rainbow skink
(Colombia)
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Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote] in a tree
(Belize)
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Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
(Peru)
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Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary
(Colombia)
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Yellow and red thorn spider
(Belize)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8273a]
(Belize)
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Leaf cutter ant carrying leaf
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0657]
(Peru)
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Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1964b]
(Peru)
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Calumma nasuta chameleon on hand
(Madagascar)
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Mantidactylus asper frog on the Masoala peninsula
(Madagascar)
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American crocodile [belize_7075]
(Belize)
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Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk
(Peru)
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Brown insect (zoomed)
(Panama)
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Phelsuma gecko (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0664]
(Peru)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown Gonatodes humeralis gecko with red markings
(Colombia)
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Woolly monkey in a tree
(Colombia)
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Black, blue, and yellow butterfly [br_co-0090]
(Colombia)
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Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1963a]
(Peru)
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Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Tiny toad
(Peru)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2840]
(Peru)
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Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
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Jaguar skull
(Guyana)
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Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)
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Camouflaged insect
(Peru)
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Smokey jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus)
(Peru)
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Striped Civet (Fossa fossana) (Ranomafana N.P.) [Striped_Civet_0187]
(Madagascar)
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Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) [pan02-1827]
(Panama)
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Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry
(Colombia)
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Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds
(Peru)
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Tarantula laying eggs at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4390]
(Peru)
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Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling
(Colombia)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4615]
(Peru)
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Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei)
(Peru)
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False coral snake [co02-0146]
(Colombia)
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Leaf toad (Bufo typhonius alatus) in Soberania National Park
(Panama)
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American crocodile [belize_7074]
(Belize)
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Raptor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Heliconius butterfly
(Panama)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Dead millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
(Belize)
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Golden-mantled tamarins (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, green, and red leafhopper
(Peru)
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Unknown butterfly
(Colombia)
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Woolly monkey [br_co-0325]
(Colombia)
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Male cock-of-the rock performing at a lek
(Peru)
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Hyla tree frog
(Peru)
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Anaconda in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Chameleon (Polychrus liogaster) lizard in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Neotropic cormorant
(Peru)
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Calumma brevicornis chameleon (female) (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2836]
(Peru)
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Yellow and black spider in its web
(Colombia)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba) seeds
(Peru)
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Darth Vader planthopper
(Peru)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru
(Peru)
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Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log
(Peru)
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Hummingbirds on bird feeder
(Peru)
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Amazon foxtail; aquatic plant; in its wild habitat
(Peru)
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Brown insect
(Panama)
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Manu Cloud Forest Lodge
(Peru)
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Multi-colored grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Juvenile South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifer) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8530]
(Belize)
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Brown Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) with green spots
(Belize)
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Gecko in lodge
(Guyana)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0951]
(Peru)
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Rain forest canopy
(Peru)
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Panamanian red frog
(Panama)
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Scarlet macaw perched
(Peru)
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Unknown frog
(Peru)
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Strawberry blue poison arrow frog
(Panama)
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Invertebrate in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, blue, and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6934]
(Belize)
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